| Dapto High School | |
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Australia | |
| Coordinates | 34°29′59″S150°47′8″E / 34.49972°S 150.78556°E /-34.49972; 150.78556 |
| Information | |
| Type | Government-fundedco-educationalcomprehensivesecondaryday school |
| Motto | Strive for Higher Things |
| Established | 1958; 67 years ago (1958) |
| School district | Lake Illawarra South; Regional South |
| Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
| Principal | Joel Burnett |
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| Teaching staff | 70.5FTE (2018)[1] |
| Enrolment | 917[1] (2018) |
| Campus | Outer suburban /Regional |
| Colours | Yellow, maroon, and white |
| Website | dapto-h |
Dapto High School is agovernment-fundedco-educationalcomprehensivesecondaryday school, located inDapto, a suburb ofWollongong in theIllawarra region ofNew South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1958, the school enrolled approximately 900 students in 2018, fromYear 7 toYear 12, of whom six percent identified asIndigenous Australians and nine percent were from alanguage background other than English.[1][2][3] The school is operated by theNew South Wales Department of Education; theprincipal is Joel Burnett.
In 2002, Dapto was the subject of a case study for its school-to-work program, which chronicled how the school innovated a centralized reporting program via school reports, which turned around an otherwise unsuccessful program and made the program a "whole new approach" which was recommended for other schools.[4] As a result of this program the school's careers advisor, Steve Heinecke, was awarded the title of top careers advisor in New South Wales in 2005.[5]
